Portable folding hammock-stand



(No Model.)

0. L. RUDD & E. J. MANNING.

PORTABLE FOLDING HAMMOGK STAND.

No. 337,792. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

STATES PATNT Orrrcn.

CHARLES L. RUDD AND EBEN J. MANNING, OF LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA.

PORTABLE FOLDING HAMMOCK-STAND.

EPECEFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,792, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed July 29, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES L. Bonn and EBEN J. "MANNING, both of Lake City, in the county of Tabasha and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Portable Folding Hammock-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our present invention is an improvement upon Letters Patent No. 320,174., granted to us on the 16th day of June, 1885; and it consists, essentially, in an improved arrangement of the guy and supporting cords or ropes and in a novel canopy-suspending frame.

The invention also consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter explained, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved folding hammock-stand and canopysupporter, and Fig. 2 is a view of the stand representing the same as folded for transpor tatiou.

Referring now to the stand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, A A represent two parallel bars united by bolt-s and properly spaced by the blocks a a. The transverse su pports or bed-pieces 0 Care pivotally connected to the blocks a a, so that they may be extended at right angles or at any other angle to the bars A A, and may also be folded beneath the bar, as shown in Fig. 2. Brace-rods b 1), arranged in pairs, the upper ends of each pair being pivotally connected to one of the standards B B, are pivoted to the other sides of each end of the parallel bars A A. The lower ends of the standards B B are connected to the bars A A by pins 0, which pass through one pair of the two series of holes (I d, formed in the bars A A, and also through holes 0, formed near the lower ends of the standards.

In order to lock the bed-pieces O O in rigid transverse position, each of such pieces is provided with two clamping-stays, as e c, said stays being pivoted to the bed-pieces G Gin such position as to bring their beveled faces ff to bear against the bars A A when the stays are turned down to the position shown Serial No. 172,952. (No model.)

in Fig. 1, thus securely locking the parts together.

The guyropes i are placed within slots 9', formed in the ends of the bed-pieces O O, and are carried up in a loop, k, to rest within slots Z, formed in the upper ends of the standards B B. The loops k carry hooks m m, upon which the hammock is swung, so that the weight of the occupant will tighten the guyropes, and thus increase the stability of the stand.

In the drawings we have shown the guyropes as arranged to be adjusted to any length desired by means of the ordinary form of friction clamping-blocks, (shown at n,) one of such blocks being placed on either side of the stand.

The canopy-supports consist of two forked irons, F, the shanks of which (shown at 1)) rest in screw-eyes q q, carried by the standards B B. Each of the irons has two hooks, r r, and a suitable canopy 0r awning may be supported thereby.

The height of the hammock may be adjusted either by changing thelength of the guy-ropes or by changing the position of the lower ends of the standards B B.

In packing the stand for transportation, the guy-ropes and irons F are removed, the bedpiece 0 folded beneath the bars A A, the pins 0 drawn out, and the standards B B folded to the position shown in Fig. 2.

\Ve are aware that the vertical bars of a tentsupporting stand have been provided with screw-eyes,into which were passed the vertical arms of T-bars, and we do not claim the same as of our invention.

In our stand the vertical or main supporting standards are slotted at their upper ends, and the Y-shaped canopy-irons are bent at the j uncture of the three arms and passed through the slots, which prevent the said irons from swinging laterally, and hold them always in proper position. By this means, when a canopy is connected to one arm of each iron to form a slanting shelter the irons cannot turn toward each other,and the shelter-awning cannot sag.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a portable hammock, the combination,

' with the central bar, bedpieces connected thereto and slotted at their ends and the main supporting-standards slotted at their upper ends and pivoted to the said central bar, of the guy-rope passed through the slots in the bed-pieces, looped, and passed through the slots in the ends of the main supports, whereby ahan-imock may be connected to said looped ends, substantially as set forth.

2. In a portable hammock, the'combination, with the central bar, the bed'pieces connected thereto and slotted at their ends, and the main supporting-standards slotted at their upper ends and pivoted at their lower ends to said central bar, of the guy-rope passed through the slots in the bed-pieces, looped,and passed through the slots in the main supporting-stan dards, hooks on said looped portions for connecting with a hammock, and a clamping block for adjusting the guy-ropes,whereby the hammocln may be adjusted by adjusting the guy-ropes, substantially as set forth.

3. In a folding hammock-support, the main supporting-standards slotted at their upper ends and provided on their outerfaces, below 'said slots, with scre'w-eyes,and the canopy-irons F F, formed with shanks 19, passed through the screw-eyes, and with hooked arms, the irons being bent at or near the juncture of the arms and shanks and passed through the slots of the main supporting-standards, thereby ob-' 

